Seattle

The Chiefs played without Patrick Mahomes.

They played without Travis Kelce, Chris Jones, Nick Bolton and Trent McDuffie.

They played without many highlights either.

The Seahawks blistered the Chiefs in the second of three preseason tilts 33-16 at Lumen Field in Seattle.

Here are five observations from immediately after the game:

1. That run defense. Oof.

I say this not because of one exhibition quarter but rather because it was already a pertinent question:

Can we really assume the Chiefs run defense will repeat last year’s success?

It was a failure Friday.

To be fair, the Chiefs played without the man they paid a lot of money to stop the run, middle linebacker Nick Bolton. He was one of several players offered a rest . But they played without much resistance in that d

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